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AnythingCounter shows live estimates of what happens in the digital world by the second. Here you can grab quotable figures and get in touch for press.

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Live embeds

Our main format for outlets is a live embed: the same rate as the dashboard, with a running “so far today” total that updates in the piece without republication. To get the embed code for any counter, open the stat’s info text on the dashboard, or go to the statistics pages. Both places let you copy the embed for that metric.

Example widget (phishing emails):

Preview (300px column — responsive embed code uses 100% width)

Copy-paste HTML

<iframe src="https://anythingcounter.com/embed/phishing-emails-per-day" width="100%" height="118" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" loading="lazy" referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade"
  title="Phishing emails launched"
  style="border:1px solid #e2e8f0;border-radius:8px;max-width:100%;"></iframe>
<p style="font-size:11px;color:#64748b;margin-top:6px;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;line-height:1.4;">
  Live data by <a href="https://anythingcounter.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:#0e7490;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;">AnythingCounter</a>
</p>

The widget includes a “Powered by AnythingCounter” line; please keep it visible. Sources and methodology are on the methodology page and on each topic page. Embed URLs are noindex so search results point to the full statistics pages, not the iframe HTML.

Share or download as image (landscape)

Found in the info-texts for each stat on the dashboard and on every statistics topic page. The red symbols for Share as image / Download build a 1440 × 756 image, as seen below.

Example export

AnythingCounter landscape card example: couples who met online and married (share or download as image export)

Create story-ready Snapshot

For a portrait, story-style card (different layout and options such as time window), use Open share card, or the same link from any stat’s share row.

Example export

AnythingCounter story-ready snapshot example: confirmed aliens on Earth, portrait card export

Boilerplate (copy for editors)

You may use or shorten this paragraph with attribution to AnythingCounter (link optional but appreciated).

AnythingCounter (anythingcounter.com) converts published global data into live counters covering AI, cybercrime, e-waste, and more. Free to use with attribution. Based in Vienna, Austria.

Quotable figures

Figures as of July 2026. All rates come from published reports. For full sources, see our methodology page or the individual statistics pages.

  • - so far today
    “An estimated 212 million selfies are taken every day worldwide, roughly 2,450 per second.”

    Source: Derived estimate from Photutorial 2025/26 (4% of ~5.3 billion daily photos) and DataReportal Digital 2026 smartphone base.

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  • - so far today
    “Over 40,000 phishing emails are sent per second globally.”

    Source: APWG and security observatories; converted to per-second rate.

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  • - so far today
    “AI systems produce an estimated ~320 false or hallucinated answers per second globally (based on 2024-2025 data).”

    Source: Vectara Hallucination Leaderboard and request-volume estimates.

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  • - so far today
    “About 2,220 kg of e-waste are generated per second worldwide (2025 estimate, UN GEM 2024 trajectory).”

    Source: UN Global E-waste Monitor 2024; ~70 Mt projected for 2025 on the UN trajectory.

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  • - so far today
    “An estimated 380 deepfake videos are created per hour.”

    Source: Home Security Heroes - State of Deepfakes 2024 (100,000+ new deepfakes/month); CyberPeace 2023 (NCII context).

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  • - so far today
    “Over 82,200 couples who met online get married every day worldwide.”

    Source: PNAS 2019 (Rosenfeld et al.), The Knot 2025; US data scaled to global estimate.

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About AnythingCounter

AnythingCounter turns annual totals from public reports into live per-second counters. The numbers show the scale of digital events, AI hallucinations, e-waste, phishing, selfies, as they accumulate over a day or year. The published rate is the same for everyone (until we update it from a new study). Running totals for a day or year use your device's local calendar, so figures can differ by time zone. Rates are fixed until a new study or official report is published, at which point we update them manually.

Full calculation logic and source list: methodology page.

Featured on eEducation Austria (Austria's Federal Ministry of Education), May 2026.

Data last reviewed: July 2026

Logo & brand

The Open Graph / social preview image is our standard logo for sharing. You may use it in articles or social posts when covering AnythingCounter.

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Press contact

Press inquiries, corrections, or want to use our numbers?

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For custom integrations, white-label use, or sizing questions beyond the standard embed, email us. The live URLs above are free to use with attribution.

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